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I was so confused the first time this happened. I kept asking about these things they said they'd worked on and could not get any details. Now I understand how

• higeorge13 4y ago
  This. I ask people to explain in 5 min a technical achievement/contribution they are really proud of, and it’s been crazy to see people who mention all the buzzwords in their cv to not be able to explain anything or dive into the slightest details. People bs-ing in their cvs about their actual experience is one of the factors interview process has become like this.
• janosdebugs 4y ago
  A not insignificant portion of people I meet in IT are freeriders. They just jump on any project that has a high visibility and do minimal, shoddy work on it just to be involved. Quite often these people then also hold fairly high titles in the corporate structure. Some people even manage to transscend companies with this by working on public-facing projects. However, a lot of them will have real problems when switching companies and being faced with a real technical interview as they are severely lacking in technical depth. Ask them about anything deeper than a manager's understanding of the topic and they will waffle on without answering the question. "What security measures did you take in your code?" - is a good question, followed up by a more specific "how did you prevent injection attacks when you did X?" (YMMV). Usually these candidates have no clue what that even is, compared to someone who actually had to deal with the nasty bits of the job the project hoppers can't be asked to deal with.